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Group name
Disorder
Mitch
Color blindness
Ethan
Cystic fibrosis
Haemochromatosis
Jeyland
Haemophilia
Abbey
Phenylketonuria
Lizzy
Polycystic kidney disease
Erica
Sickle-cell disease
Spinal muscular atrophy
Tay–Sachs disease
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Normal Gene Characteristics
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Gene Location (chromosome number?)
Normal DNA Sequence (truncated if necessary, but try to determine total length)
Normal Amino Acid Sequence (truncated if necessary, but try to determine total length)
Mutated DNA Sequence (type of mutation)
Resulting Amino Acid Change
Characteristics of Disease
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